Miami’s Pet Grooming Shop Epoxy Flooring
Water around the tubs, shampoo on the floor, hair in every corner, and groomers on their feet from open to close. We coat grooming shops so the floor sweeps clean, mops fast and grips when it’s wet.
Tub, Table, Dryer and Floor
At the Tub
Splash, drips and a dog shaking off. The floor around the tubs is wet half the day and needs grip built into it.
Hair
Bare concrete is rough, and hair grabs onto it. A sealed floor lets a broom or blower move it in one pass.
Products
Shampoo, conditioner, ear cleaner and flea products all end up on the floor. Wipe them up and the coating doesn’t care.
On Your Feet
Groomers stand and turn for hours. Grip underfoot and a floor that cleans fast matter more than shine.
Coating Between Booked Days
Look at the Shop
We walk the shop, the tub area and the drains with you, test the slab for moisture and see where the water goes.
Work Out the Days
You know when your book is light. We plan the work into days you’re closed or can shut down, with cure windows in writing.
Grind and Repair
Diamond grinding under vacuum takes off old paint and adhesive. Cracks and the edges around drains get repaired.
Coat, Texture, Cure
Primer, body coat with flake or quartz, a textured topcoat and a cove behind the tubs. It cures before the first dog comes in.
The Floor Around the Tub
The bathing area is the hardest-working part of a grooming shop floor. Water hits the floor every time a dog shakes, every time a tub drains slow, and every time someone rinses a tub out between dogs. Some shops have a floor drain near the tubs. Others squeegee toward the door. Either way, the floor around the tubs is wet for most of the day.
Bare concrete soaks that water up and stays damp, and painted concrete peels around the tubs first. A coated floor sheds it. Behind and between the tubs, where a mop can’t reach, we run a cove base up the wall so water and hair have no seam to sit in. If your tubs stand on legs, we coat underneath them. If they’re fixed in place, we coat up to them and seal the edge.
Shampoo, Conditioner and a Slick Floor
Shampoo is soap. Spread a little on a wet glossy floor and it gets slick fast. Conditioner and coat sprays add oil on top of that. That’s why we don’t put a plain high-gloss finish in a grooming shop. We broadcast quartz or a fine aggregate into the topcoat around the tubs and tables, so shoes grip even with product on the floor.
The products themselves don’t hurt a cured topcoat. Shampoo, conditioner, ear cleaner, flea and tick products and your disinfectant all wipe up without staining when you get to them the same day. A puddle of something strong left overnight can dull or mark any floor, so wipe as you go.
Hair Everywhere and How a Sealed Floor Sweeps
Every groomer fights hair. Bare concrete is rough enough to hold it, so the broom leaves a film behind and the mop pushes wet hair around in clumps. A coated floor is smooth under its texture, and dry hair moves with one pass of a broom or a blower. Wet hair wipes up instead of working into the floor.
Color matters too. A flake floor in a mid-tone blend hides the hair you haven’t gotten to yet and the paw prints in the lobby. A solid light color shows every strand. Some owners want that, so they know when to sweep. We bring chip samples to the walk so you can pick.
Dryers, Heat and Standing All Day
High-velocity dryers blow water and loose hair across the room, and cage dryers put warm air near the floor. A coated floor takes both. What we watch is the dryer stands and cords dragged across it every day. A hard urethane or polyaspartic topcoat resists that scuffing better than epoxy alone, so that’s what goes on top.
Your groomers stand, bend and turn for hours. A floor that grips matters more to them than one that shines. Plenty of shops put anti-fatigue mats at the tables, and that’s fine on a coated floor. Lift them when you mop and let the floor dry underneath, because water trapped under a mat all week is how smell builds up on any surface.
Lobby Looks, Mopping and the 5-Year Warranty
The lobby is where customers size up the shop. A clean flake floor in your colors looks better than stained concrete or worn tile, and it hides the wet paws that come in from the parking lot. Daily care is simple: sweep or blow out hair, mop with a neutral cleaner or your disinfectant at label strength, and rinse if it leaves a film. No wax, no stripping.
Before any of that, we test the slab for moisture. A lot of shops sit in older strip centers on slab-on-grade, and moisture coming up through the concrete is a common reason coatings bubble. Where the reading calls for it, we use a moisture-tolerant primer. Every floor carries a 5-year warranty on materials and installation. 343 Epoxy is owned by Zach, a firefighter, and covers Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and the Keys. Set a site visit or call (305) 409-9022, en español (305) 310-2827.
Groomers Ask Us Before They Book
The questions that come up at almost every shop walk.
Will the floor be slippery around the tubs?
Does hair stick to an epoxy floor?
Will shampoo or flea products stain it?
Can you coat behind the tubs?
Are anti-fatigue mats okay on it?
How long will the shop be closed?
Is there a warranty on a grooming shop floor?
Two Customers on the Process
“The process to have my garage updated for the new century was amazing, Zach and team since day 1 were active and present… From the storage of my garage stuff, through the decision of the colors and lines, everything was honest, clear and professional.”
“Great service and reliable company, definitely recommend to go with them!!”
Pick the Slow Week, We’ll Plan Around It
Tell us when your book is light. Zach walks the shop, tests the slab and lays out a schedule built around the days you can close.